Stormwater Shepherds UK
Financial Statements
For The Year Ended 31 August 2026
Company Number 12831806

Stormwater Shepherds UK
Reference and Admlnlstrative Deta118
Charity Name
Slormwater Shepherds UK
Company Numbgr 12831806
Charfly Number
1195055
Truste¢¥
RKer
B Pocock
N Wells
Reglstered olfice
Lancaster Road
Shrewsbury
SY1 3Na
Accountant
Communlly Accounting Services Limited
7 Napoleon Drive
Shrewsbury
SY3 SPH

Tw$ie&$' Report
siomiw8ièr Shepherds UK
on the Accounts for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
The Iru51ees present Ihelr annual r8pJrl and financial slgiemonts ol the ch8rilabl8 cornpany for Ihè year enéod
31 August 2025. The annual raport serves the purposes ol both a TruslèÈs' report and a direclors, report
undgr company law. The Truslo9$ confirm thal the annual report and financlal stat8men18 01 the charitable
company CoM￿Y wllh Ihe CUTrenl siaiuiory r￿u￿rements, the requiremenls of thè charlt8bl8 companvs
oovernlng d￿uMent the provisions of the siatemant of Flecemm8nd8d PraGlS¢0 ISORPI appllcablo to
charflles pr8parlng Ih8ir accounls in accordance wllh th8 Financial Rewrhng siandafd arpllcabl& in the UK
and Republ1¢ ol Ireland IFRS1021 leffecttv& 1 January 20191.
Sln¢e Iho ¢harilab￿ tompany quallfies as small undgr se¢lbn 382 of th8 compan￿ Acl 20￿. the Sirat8g
report required ol medlum and18rg8 companle8 undor th6 Gt>mparfos A¢1 2026 Istraleglc Roporl and
Directors, Rfjportl Reuulallons 2013 has b8en omitted.
ObJ8cllves and Acllvlttes
The pdlde8 al￿ objeclwes oltho ¢harfly ar
• lo pronK>l8 Improvements In sionnwaier manaoamont and th8 Introductlon aNI malntenanc8 of
sustaina￿6 drainage systems
lo ad¥2nc@ Improvements walor quallty, bpih In rfvers and str88ms, bJl a150 Ill the otèans that
surround tho UK
Th8 rnain activ1￿¢$ ￿￿ertaKen In relatlon to thos8 purwJs8s ar0
Dlrect acllon to retnov& liller from urban ènvlronments and urban slreams, In lh& form of titi8r
picks arranged wilh yarfn9rs arKS Ambassadors.
T4rgeted rgsparch to lèarn about the 8xlenl ol pollution and IhÈ pattarn ol pjllulion lo then inform
b&t18r d8sign and operation of dralnage systems lo capturg pollulan15. As Ihe rèsearch Is
compleled, we then share our lè&inlng 8nd knovA8dge Ihrough ethcatlon&l 8vents such as
We￿narS and confaronces.
Sharlng expert advlce and knovAedgo wtth th8 inllu8nc8rs and Pdlcy makers to ￿1p Ih8rn lo
manaoe 81ormwaler pdlulion end lo mandai&for th& Includon el pollution pweniityn In néw
(*velopmènls and on 8KistiT¥J infrastTuclurB.
In s8lting objectivos an¢J pLqnnlng lor actlvlllgs. th& Tru5teos hav0 glvon due cons1d8ra1￿n tc g8nBral guidance
publL8hed by the Charity Comm1s4on relating lo public benefit, indudlng Ihe guldanc8'Public bgn8111.' runnlng
a charity IPB21'.
Stwcture, Gov8rnanc0 and Managemenl
con￿lI￿110n
Stormwaler Shephérds UK is r8gisl8red as a charftable ¢ompany Ilm118d by guaran160 was set up by a
Memorandum of Assttlallon. 11 was incorporaled ai CDmpanlÈs House in England and Wdes on 24 Auoust
2020, arvj reglstarod as a ¢harty at Charlly CoTnmi551on on 5 July 2021.
M•lhod5 01 appolntmeni or elootlon of TTusI885
The management of the ¢(xnpany Is th8 r85ponsibilily of the Truslett5 who are 6￿Clad and co £pted vr￿tr
lerms ol t￿ Memorandum and Artl¢les ol A880ciatlon.
New Twsbos ar8 I￿UCted Into the worklngs of the Charlty, Includlng PDlicies and prttedures, and provid8d
th approprlaté supporting inforffla1￿.
RelHted party re18tlonshlps
SPEL Ptodv¢ts ar& sponsors ol Stormwat8r Sheph6tds UK and they creatad th8 charily. They ar& fundlno the
charlty's operational c0515 unlll such a lim8 as the Charily secures susl&nable Income from other donors and
SPDnsor8. Thore15 ono ¢ommon dlraclor, Bryan PLuck. Thorg is no day-itrday prole55i0nal intera¢iion
bgtW88n the businessos. SPEL provk18s support servlcg810 siormwaier Sh8phards UK.

Aohlovement$ and PertormBnce In the yeur
Revl8w of acllvltles
Slormwaler Shepherd5 UK was In¢orporalFd ofi August 24th 2020 with the appoinlm8nt of our thre8 Trusl88s.
Jo Bradley took up h6r post as UK Oirector ol Operailons on Seplember 1st 2020. Wo ttyaled a Strategy and
d8llvÈry agwnst th8 slra18gy Is going w911. Th8 Slratsgy was ievlew8d wdal8d In S¢ptomber 2025. In
early 2021 w8 aL%o s81 up Stormwaler Sh8ph8rds Enterprises Ltd as 8'1rading arm, to Support th8 tharlly.
Our slralaglc prbrlllos aro..
Secure Incoma for Slormwator Shepherd5 UK
Secure a lundlng mechanism lor sioitnwater m8nag8ment lo sustain the pollutton re(kn¢iion that we
achEve
Reduce plasllc PkJllullon and urban pdlutbn in rivers, strearts and oc8ans
Influence olh8r8 so that they reduce p)Ilutlon Ito
2024125 actlvltle$ 8nd proore¥s
Thls year ￿ hav8 b80n buildlng on th8 r818asa ol the publication atoul pol1￿40n from highway runoff Ihal wg
published in &arEy 2024. Thi5 publication crèal8d the loundalion8 Ihal wè are now bLJldiiyJ on, to tackle the
problem onc8 and lor all. W$ havg tOCUSS8d on good pracllce} good tralnitwJ and worklno ￿th olh&r pa0￿e
who want lo reduc& siormwater pollution. Th8 fAJLlicalion s81 out th8 Intr￿atieS and th& magnliudo of the
probl8m, so nowwe musl locus on lixlng It.
Woyklng wllh tsthers
To thai &nd. Stormwal&r Shepherds UK haveworked with others Ihi5 year. such as the Ver Valley Socl8ty and
Ihè Angling Trust, lo suprK)rt thèm as Ihfyy gather samples 91 hlghway iunoff pollullDn Ihat Is affecling th&
rlv&rs that Ih8y work to proleci. Wg arè a150 working wllh other eNGOs and Charili&s to amplify our volc8 and
lo lind solulions. For 8xamplÈ, we are working *rylh Earthwalch lo creat& a proposal to hglp Ih8 Envlronmoni
Agency lo monllor slormwatèr pollutlon across Enoland uslng Qltizen Scienlisls. reason thal th8 Agency
ofton gwe lor nol conliolliffj Ihls pollution is that Iheytan'i alford it, so w8 ale golng to writ& 8 PfOPDsal Ihat
illuslrales that by uslng Cilizen Scientists to gaihèrdaia. the contrcl ol polluiion can bacome ￿re affordable.
We agreed thal11 was Ilmg to mov8 on from r8p&aledly complaining about Ihe problem, and to make usèful,
well-con81rucl8d $ugaestron5 lor solullons.
Guldanca 8nil Iralnlng
Slmllarly. we hav&hvork8d wllh the Gréatgr LondDn Authority thls yearto publksh a guidanc8 docuThent lor
pia¢lilloners who are inslallino reiio-111 Sustainable Drainaoe sdulitsns across London to redu¢e PDllutlon trom
slormwaier and lo manage surface wator IIoDding. T(NJelherwiih Llnksdln posts and sile ￿$11$, thi5 Story-
iÈlllffj and guidance cr88lion raial[￿ our credibility as an aulhorityon SUDS arkl water quality, This, in turn.
gives us the platform to advocaiè ltsr chang& and to have our voice heard,. this was supported this year when
our L)Irector of Op8ralbns, Jo Bradlgy. was recognised In the ENDS R8POrt'Pow&r LIsi' a5 an illlluenli81
campaignor.
To driv8 lorward oood piaclice in dr8inage d&slon, WÈ are curr8nlly worklng on a guIdar￿8 docvm8nl for
d8slon enuirtaÈr$10 help Ihetn lo d&slgn b&iiei Iroattn9nl Sc￿MeS lor naw and e%isling hrghw8ys. Thls 15 QUI
lor consultAlion ai the MO￿ent and won't b8 publlshed until next year, tAJI h Is designed lo prov￿@ a posilw
outlook IOT a dillicutt pro118m, guidlng Ihe èngingers through fundamani• design crllerla and de¢1sbD-ma￿n9.
Wo lako Ihe lime lo mg81 prothjci manufacturers too. so Ihal we rgmaln kno￿￿e¢Sjeab1@ atKJui all
slormwater management d8vic8s aV￿labl￿on the UK fflark81. Onp ol Ihg TTiawlacturer8 ihat we rnol thls yoai
has dev8lopbd a new Id8a for a grean wal to manwJe stormwaier In Ilght urban locations.
During this financial year, w8 have tonbnug(I to wovlde traI￿n9 and piesentallons at scores ol gven15 and,
wh&iwer pos51bl8, to n8w audl8ncos. We have avohled sawry thé $am& thing lo lh8 sam8 p&op￿thiS year,
and inslead, we have r@ach8d out lo new organisations such as Ihg London Freshv4ai8r Group and th8
excellent Inslllullon ol Envlronmonial Services. Th888 ovents have reached hundreds of nowpeopl& and
plqued the inler8sI ol acad¢mi¢s and saenlisls who ara now inve5tigaling this to￿¢ loi Ihetnsdv8S.
W8've conllnuÈd 10 dti Irainlng arKI we've dona CPD Égsslons lot 8ngln88rlno Ilrms [￿l￿-baSed Ir8inlng
wkh the National Trusi.

Expert ￿t￿eS8
B8cause of th8 work that we hav8 dm? lo crea18 this cfrall guldanc8, and th8 WFillen submission5 that W8
mad8 lo the EnvironmBnial Audlt Commltt88 Iwo years ago in responsé 10 Ihair inquiry Into Rlver Watèr
Quality, W8 have been invited lo glv8 oral 8vid8nce to the c￿mittee sp8cilicaly on this toplc. Th1$18 g graat
opp)rtunily lo Influance de¢islon makèrs and Polky fflakers lo improvè siormwaler managem8nt in England.
Thls Invitat￿n is a rewarding rellethon on th8 power of the work thatwg have don8 todate, and rowiaiion
of siormwater Shepherds UK.
L)ata and evldence
We've conlinued to do field-woth loo, gathering 8vldenc8 and informatk￿, 8rxl w¢ werg I￿kY ie woik wblh
Aquawatch earller in 2025 10 install a continuous water quality monllor In th? River Darwen. downstrèam ol th8
hlghway othlall. Thi5 year we havé worked with Scores of new conno¢Uon8 and n8w rivgr-aclion groups.
helping them lo colEeol Ihelr own 8vld8nc@ and to t811 the stories of thelr riv8rs IOD.
W8 hav8 b88n a￿e to take thls lo th& n8xI18V81 lor the River LO5￿Ck néar Preston, wh8re we hdvo L*en
orkSng lor 5 years. W8 have collg¢ied tho necessary sarnples lo pii)ve that Ihe hbJhway oullall us cau51nu
signilicani harm. and w8 hBv& used that ovldencè lo complain lo th& Envlionmeni Agon¢y aboutthdr failure10
proparly and lully uphrAd the Enwronrnenl& Pérmlthng Flagulaliens. Since the respons& liom lh8 Agency wa5
inadequate, that conN)lalnl h88 now been e5cala10d 10 Ihe Olllce for Envlrontnenlal Proiéciion arK1, il they
carry out an invÈstloatk>n Into th8 comF4aint. thal wlll furth8r our cause. and alert govornment lo the extent ol
Freffl conversallons ￿th nwi peop￿, we have a￿0 been a Iltde wyjrk th￿ year lo investigate lh& harm
¢au$Éd lo aquatic invertebratos by sltsrmwatsr polluuon.
Togetsr. Ih8s8 packag&s of work have reached18r & wld8, and wg ar& siarting lo sea 8vldenc8 that our
mes5agÈ Is working and IhBI government departm8nts are eMbe￿ing somo ol wr sugg&stlons, and refgrqrte
to our wort( In lrnp)rianl and Influen￿al (b¢umÈnls.
Receni $u¢ce$g0$ Ihat have bean Inllu8need by our work and. al tlrnes. Ineludo our recommendallons:
1. Tho Cunlllfo r8vlew Interim rewrf includes refer8nce lo pollut￿n from highway rumll. It isn* very
deialled, and il Is bas8d on Ilawed (fala Ifom ihe Envlronm8nl Ag&ncy, bul ai leasi It gets a
Tnenlion. Followlng lh8 pUbl￿allOn of the rewrt. $ome comm8nlalors in the pross mad8 a potntof
r8mlndiw lournallsts that wal&r pollution com&s from urban iunoll as w911 as Irorn sewage.
2. The guidance lor n&xi Iièradon ol ihe Dralnagg Wasiewalèr Manag8menl Plans ha5 be
Issu&d lor wal8r companies and il requir8s Iham lo, at least. GDnsldor highway pollullon enleriNJ tho
waier envlronmenl Irotn their surlat8 water sewars which is a big slep lorward.
3. Bes1 of all the new Non-slalutory SUDS Standards include 8 number of'nugg&ls' that they 88em to
have laken from our pubilcalion last summèr ar￿ they li1ffl1y pul highway iunoll wllulion in ils place
the Standards are great from that point ol view, and w8 w8r8 ludty to g81 our publtrauon fAJtat
the perfe¢t tsmè lo Inllu8we thes8 Standards.
4. Olwat are Stlll interosl￿ in Nuhway runorr po11ut￿n and thaiwlll help wal8rcompBnies to 001
mon8y in Ihdr next lundlng rou￿1 lor Invasl￿all0ns into Ihls pol￿￿on.
5. The Consum8r Council lor Watsr have also not8d Ihe risk ol polluilon Irem highway wnoff allhouoh
thal s8&ms 10 b8 all they havo done for now.
6. Wolsh Goveinmenl are lawng mr& of a flrm stance aknul pollulion from lighway runoff which is
greal. and they credl our report from last yéar lor promplng that chango. Thoy have already
siaried 10 tonsldei whlch oullaKs in Walès ara p[￿rItIeS lor retnedyalion.

Wlll Ihese chang85 m8ke a dlfference?
Al Siormw£ler Sh8pherds UK, we are confld8nl that IF*se ¢hanges wll d@liver Improvetnents in th&
management of slormwater pollulion.11 will be slow, and we fflusl k8ep the prassur6 on and continu8 to
advocale lor change, i￿1 it is grallfylng to S80 propgr roc0g￿￿on of lh8 n9ed lor sioimwater manag8ment.
What e15ewlll help lo manage and control pollutlon from $knrmwa18
though the focus ol our work al Slormwaler Shepherds UK has be8n th8 control of pollution from highway
runoff. Ihore are other eNGOs worklng hard to d811v8r change lor Qlh8r source8 01 slormwater pollulion and
Ihero hav• be8n som8 su¢¢esse5 this y68r which wlll help.
DoP0511 Manau&m8nt Organlsation IDMOI rwonslNe for the UKS 08poslI Fidurn Sch8tn8 IDRSI
lor drinks cofjlalners was appDintgd in May 2025 and the s¢hgm8 Is 8ti11 duo10 bo d¢lIvgr￿j
2027, so that all bottles and m8lal cans Can be returned and r8cyclgd. This Mll masswdy
reduc8 81ormw3ter pollution il il d8liv8red Èfleclively.
The S8W8r Ovèrllow Reduclbn Han ￿11 See waieT ¢OrnP8rMes Investlng £56billkJn over the ￿xI 25
Y8ars lo rÈdu¢e stor￿lWater prAlulk)n a¢ross England.
GoYernmeni15 proposing lo introduce som w6t-vApe controls. to rgduce soW8r ￿0ckag88 and Iho
harm thai wlp95 caus8 in s8wer overflows. Thks ￿ draft legislatbn ai the mm8nl. bul we ho￿ that
111$ 5ucces5fully ar￿Cted.
Dlswisablo vapes hav8 b88n banned and il ks posslb18 thai Ihls Wll reduce littering ￿th If*se
harmful devices, wh￿h often end up in the water envlronmenl In our towns and clll&s.
What aro our ngxl slep87
We yrill reswnd lo consullallons about lh8 Plannlng and Inlrastrvcture Bill, although the cu[￿nI gov6rnm8nl
SÈÈM IDlenl on passinp It In Ils curfent form which wlll makp11 even mole urgent Ihat WO Iran hlghway drainagg
Ènoineers so Ihal Ih8y deslgn good schetnes lo reduco rlvè pdluibn.
We wll progress eur complainl lo OEP and support oth9r River Acllon Groups 10 mako 51mllarcomplalnis.
W8 are plannlng to sample hvJhway runoll In constitue￿5 ol PoI￿Y makers and inlluenli81 peopl8 lo alert
Ih8m le th8 protAÈm and lo mak8 It more personal lor Iheffj.
Wa ￿11 &ndeavour to influence the new While Papsr that DEFAA ar8 woparlng In r88p0￿8 to Ihe Cunllffè
rev1￿ lo mako sure that It Incl￿8$ the prokwr reguLqtlon ol pollUt￿n from highway runoff.
Jo BradlEy, UK DiF8Ctor ol OP8ra￿ons.
Flnanclal revlèw
Golng ¢on¢ern
All8r making approprlale enquirie3 and given the ongoiw support Irom SPEL Pradu¢ts, lh8 Trusle8s have a
r8asonabl& expÈctalion that the charllable company has adequate r880urtos io contiwe In op8rallonal
exist8￿@ for lor05eeabl& lutura. For this rèason, they conlinv8 lo adopt the going concern basis In
@parino the flnancial sla18m8nts. Furthu detsi15 regarding th8 adoNw of Ihg going concern basls ¢an ba
leund In thè ac¢ounling pollcl8S.

Reserve5 Pollcy
Free reseN8S al the y8ar end werg d deficlt of t228,10612024 £234,456d81icill. The charitable ¢ompanVs
)Ilcy Is 10 hold 8nrAJgh Ir8e resgrv8s lo cover slx monihs worklng capllal which is curronlly al the levol 01
£42,088. Wè do not currently h￿￿ any reseNes bul our lundr8Islng rAans lor the next year Indude r￿ffjnlt￿n
thai wo musi bulld up our rese￿9S lo LyJr largel levd.
Thè charitable eompany agr8es a r8serves p￿￿Y annualtywhich athiesses a8￿Ct8 in accordance wth
Charity Commisslon gutdance.
Prlnclpal rlsks and uneorialntles
The trustees have assessed the tnajor rlsks lo whlch the Charity Is exposed and are 5ali5Iied thai. Insolar as
mlllgaiion Is possbi 18, SySt8ms and pr￿edul¥S aro Sn pla¢e ￿ managè the axpo8ure to those risks.
Stotwngni ol Trusts88' re8pon8lbllltles
The TruslBos (who ara also the dir8clors ol th8 charitabk company foi IhÈ purpose8 01 compafiy lawl are
r8Bponsible for pr4iarfng th8 trusl8es' raport aTxI financial slalomen15 In ac￿r￿an¢9 wllh appllcabl8 law and
Un118d Kingijotn Accounting Standards.
Company law require5 the Trusl&8s lo prepare Iin8ncial slalements lor each fIna￿l￿ yèar. Und8r company
law, th8 trusl88s musl noi approvè tha Ilnandal slalem8nls Un￿SS they are sa1151ied th31 they glve a true arKJ
lolr vlew ol th8 stal8 of allalrs ol Ihfr ¢harltabk ¢ompany and ol ks incoming 188ourc8s and appli¢abon ol
rosources, Includlng ils income and eXpendI￿re, ler that pÉrlod. In preparing these tinancial 5taiemertts. Ihg
Tiustees are required to..
• Solect sullabl8 accounliry pollcies and thon apply them ¢Mslsienily.'
ob59rv¢ tha methods and principles ot the Charities SORP IFRS 1021.,
• rnakg judgem8nis and accounting eslimales that are reasonable and prudent.,
stale whglhèr ap￿Itabl6 UK Accountiw Standards IFRS 1021 have boon follow8d, subiacl to any
material dppariures dlsck)sed and ex￿aiNed in the financial statements.,
• prepare the finan¢lal sialamants on Iha golng concern basis unloss il is inapwopdate to presum8
that the chariloble componywlll c(M)tlnu8 in b￿n6$s.
The Trusl8es are responslLlo for keoklffj adfjqua￿ a¢¢ounllng racords Ihat are sufficioni to show and explaln
the tharilable companvs transactions and dls¢kse Mdih reasonaN8 accuracy at 8ny lime Ihe linan¢lal poslllon
of Ihg ¢harflaNè company and enaile Ihgm 10 ensure thai Ilnanclal slalemonls cornply with Ihe Cotnpanl2s
Acl 2006. They ar& also r8sponsitle foi safeguarclng the ass$ts ol the th8ritab18 company and henco for
takin9 reasonable 81ep8 lor th8 prev8nllon and delecb'on of Iiaud and olh8r lir8gul8rilies.
Declaration
Th8 Iruslees declare that they have approved the trust888' report above.
on behalf of Iho ¢harily's trusl88S
B Pocock
Trus189
Oat8
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Indopendent Examln8r'$ R9POrt to the
Dlrectors of Slormw8ter Shephèrd$ UK
on th& A¢¢ounts for the Ya•r EFtded 31 August 2025
Bo815 of Independent frxamlnerfs report
We ￿port on the a￿OuntS ol Slormwater Shepherds UK tor th8 year ended 31 August 2025 whlch are sel on
pag68 2-17.
The trustee's Iwho are also Ihe directors of the company thè purpose ol cornpany lawl are responslble lor the
preparation ol the aceoun18. The trustee's eonsid8r that an audit is nol required for thks year undèr Section 14412101
the Charili8s A¢t 2011 and that an iNlependent examlnallon Is needed.
11 is our responSi￿litY to,.
xamine the accounts undèr se¢lion 145 01 the 2011 Act.,
to follow the procedures laid down In the General Directions glven by the Charity Commission under
saclion 1451Sllbl ol the 2011 Act., and
lo stale whelh&r particular mallers hav8 come to our allenllon.
Basls of Indepondent examlnor's slalement
Our examination was Carried out In aecordance with geneial cllrections for an independent examinalion. An
oxaminalion includes a rèview of the accounting r8coids kept by the charity and a comparison ol lh8 ac¢ounts
presented with those records. 11 also Includes consideration ol any unusual items or dlsclosures in Ihe accounts,
and seeking explanallons from you as trustees cone6rning any such malters. The woCedu￿S undertaken do nol
provide all the ewdence that would be required in an audli, and Consequently no oplnlon is given as lo whether tho
a￿Unts present a Irue and fail iqew and the report is limited to those mattets sel out in Ihe sialemènis below.
Independent ex8mlngrf8 Statement
In connection ￿th our examination. no matter has come lo our allenlion..
whlch glves us ieasonable caus8 to believe that in, any materlal respect, the requirernenls
lo k88p awounling records in accordance ￿th section a86 of the Companles A¢1 2008., or
the accounts to accord wilh those records.. or
th8 accounts to comply ￿th the accounting requirements to section 396 01 the 2028 Acl other
than any requlremont that the accounts give a'lrue and lair, view which in not a matter
eonsidered as pait ol an independent eyamlnalion,. and
to prepare accounts In accordance with the methods and principles ol the Slaternenl ol
Recommended Pia¢tKe for accounllng and r8PQrtiTra by charllies (applicable to charities
preparing their aecounis in a(xordance wlh Ihe Flnan¢ial Reporting Standard applicable In
Ihe UK IFRS 10211
have nol been mei., or
to which, in our oplnlon, attention should be drawn In order lo enable a prop9r underslandlng of Ihe
accounts lo be reached.
This report is madè 5018ly to the charitable eompanvs Trustees, as a body. in accordan￿ wlth part 4 of the
Charitio$ IAc¢oufjts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our work has been undertaken so thai we might slate lo Ihg
charitable company's Trus18èS those rnalters we are required lo slate to Ihem in an Independent Exatnin8rfs report
and for no other purpose. To Ihg lullast extent permilted by law, wa do not accepl or assurne responsibility to
anyone other that the chafilable cornpany and the charitable companys Trust888 a8 a body, lor our work or lor thls
report.
Communlty Accountlng Servlces Ltd
7 Napoleon Drlve
Shrewsbury
SY3 SPH
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2110512026

Slormwaler Shepherds UK
Statement of Flnanclal Actlvllles
for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Unreslrlctgd Re$lricted
Funds
Fund8
2025
2025
Total
Funds
2025
Total
Funds
2024
Note
In¢omlng Resource8
Incoming resources from goneraled funds=
Voluntary incotne
89,585
89,585
71,347
I￿ornIng resources from charitable a¢twitles
4,434
17.902
Total Incoming Resources
94,019
94.019
89,249
Resources Expended
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Governance costs
640
85,583
1,446
640
85,583
1,446
491
88,196
Total Resources Expended
87,669
88,687
Net Ioutcomlngl I Incomlng Resources
Before Translers
6,350
6,350
Transfer Between Funds
Net {Outcomlngl I Incomlng Resources
6,350
6.350
562
Fund balance brought forward al 1 August 2024
(234.456}
{234,4561
(235,018)
Fund Balance Carrled Forward at 31
August 2025
228106
228,106
234,456
Th8 slalemenl of linancial actiwties ineludes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

Slotmwalor Shepherds UK
Balanc8 Sh80t
for the Year Ended 31 Augvg12025
Nota
2025
2024
Flxed A998t¥
Tanoible fixed assèts
Investments
291
loo
10
100
100
391
Currenl Assets
Cash al bank and in haThY
DébtDr8
532
11
22.636
18,471
Credltors: Amounls falllng
dug wlthln one year
12
13.586
6,062
Net Curr&nl A$8ets
Tolal assets 1955 currant Ilabllllles
19.150
12.800
Crodltors.. Amounts falllng duè
after more than on8 y8ar
12472561
(247,256}
Nel A$8etS
228.106
234,456
Fund8 of the Charlty
Un￿$t￿eted lund
Restric18d funds
15
1228,1061
{234.456}
Total Funds
234,456
For the year ended 31 August 2025 th8 charitable companywas 8ntitl8d lo exemption from audit und8r ￿tiOn 477 01 the
Companles Ael 2008 relating lo small companies.
Dlrectors responslbllilies..
11 The memb8rs have not required the company lo obtain an audit ol its accounts lor thè yaar In question In accordance
with section 476,
21 The directors ackno￿ed￿e their responsibilitbs for complying wilh the requiremènts ol tha Act wilh respgcl lo
a￿0￿￿ting records and the preparallon of the accounts.
These accounts have be8n prepared in accordance with th8 provisions applrablg lo companias subj8cl io Ihe srnall
compan￿5 reglffle.
Approv￿ by Ihe board on
and slgned on 118 behall by..
B Poeoek
Tru$tg9
Date

stormwaler Sheph8rd5 UK
Notes to Ihe Flnancial Statements
lor thg Year Ended 31 August 2025
l. A¢¢ountlng Pollclos
Thè prfnclpal accounting poll¢ies ar8 summaiised beltsw. The ac¢ountirwJ polidos hava been applled conslslgntly
thiouohoul th8 year arKI In the pr8ceding year.
181 B8sls ol accountlng
The financial statements have been prepared und8r th8 hlstoiical cost ¢onv8nllon and In aeeordan¢e ￿1h the
Companiès A¢1 2006 and the Charities SORP IFRS 1021 together w￿h updat8 Bulletin l.
Ibl Fund &c¢ountlng
unr￿1￿cted lunds are avallable for use at th6 dlscrollon of th8 Iru8t88s in luilherarKe of th8 g8n8ral objectives ol
tho ¢harfty.
R8Strfcted funds are those donal8d lor us? in a partIC￿lar area orfor spe¢lN¢ purpose, th8 use of which is r8slrlcl8d
to that area or purpo88.
Ic) Incomlng resources
All Incomlng resources are In¢lud8d in the statement of linan¢lal *liwlies when the ¢harily1g enlllled lo, and
certain to receive, the Incom8 arml th8 amounl can b6 quanllliod wllh reasonable a¢¢uracy. The 10Slowing pDI￿leS
are applled to particular categories ol incomg..
Voluntary Income Is recdved by way of grants, donallws and gilts 8nd is included In lull in Ihe Sl8tement ol
Financial Actnillles when r8cewable. Grants. where enlillement Is not condlllonal on th8 dellvery ol a speclllc
p&rtortnan¢e by th8 charity, ar8 recognlsed when th8 charlly b8eomes un¢ondllionaSly 8nlille(5 to Ihe grant.
Idl Resources Expended
Llabilili88 are r￿L¥JnI$ed as soon as Ih8r8 Is a legal or conslwcllv8 obllgatlon ¢ommliilng the charlly lo tho
expenditur8. Expenditurè Is recognSs8d on an accrual basis and Ss reporled as part of the expenditur& lo whlch11
rdates..
Charilable expendSlure comprises those costs Incur18d by the charity in the deNv8ry Ot118 bcllvftles and servlc8$ lor
its benefieiarl&s. li Er￿ludeS both costs Ihat Can be allocated dlrecity 10 swh aclivi1Ses and (h05e c0515 01 an Indlr8cI
naturo necgssary to support them.
Governance costs InCl￿e Ihosg costs assoclal8d wlh mEellng th8 constltuli￿8I and stalulory r8quiremenls of the
charlly include the I￿lependent Examiners foe.
All costs are allocated bÈlw88n Ihe expenditure categories ol th8 SOFA on a basls d8slgn8d lo rel1￿ the use of
th8 resource. Costs r&lallng lo a partkular actNity are allocated directly, Others ale apporlloned on an ap¥op￿al6
basls 9.9. Floor areas. per cap¥la or Eslimaied usage.
lel Flxed AgSOt$
Flxed ass818 are sla18d al cosi less a¢cumulaled deweciation. Depreclalion is provided on tanglble fixed as8els so
as io wilt8 oll the cost or valuatlon, less any eslirnaled resSdual V￿v8, overthelr expected usetul economlc lrfe as
follows..
Compu18r equipment
2￿ siralght Iln8
lrnpalment revigws are carrled out as and when eMd8n(x Comes 10 t￿h1 that the recoverable amount of a
funclSonal flxed asset Is bBlow Its nei book vdu8 ckJ8 to darnage, obsolesce￿9 OT olhpr relevanl taclors.
If) Investments
Hxed a8$8t investments ale a form of finar￿[al Instrument and ar8 InltSally recognlsed ai their traTrsaclion cost a
subs8qU8nlly rneasu￿d ai falr valu& at the balance sh8el dat8, unless the value cannot be Tneasured rellably In
which case il 15 measured al cosl16ss Impalrmènl. Inveslmenl galns and lossos, whether reallsed 01 unreallsed.
are com￿ne￿ and presented as,gaIn￿{lOs9esI on Inveslrn8nls' In the statem8nt ol tinancial acti￿tte$.
Investments In subskllarles are valuod al cost less provisl¢)n lor Impairment.

Stormwater Shepherds UK
Notes to the Flnanelal Siolements
for the Y•ar Ended 31 August 2025
2 Voluntary Income
Unre$tricted Restricted
Funds
Funds
2025
2025
Total
Funds
2025
Total
Funds
2024
Voluntary Income
Donations
89,585
89.585
71,347
Total
71,347
3 Incomlng resources from eharliable actlvltles
Unreslricted
Funds
2025
Restricted
Funds
2025
Total
Funds
2025
Total
Funds
2024
Income from charitable activities
4,434
4.434
17,902
Total
4.434
4,434
17,902

StoYmwérShW￿rd$UK
Notès lOth&FIMnEthI SialemEn
fOrt￿y$S1 Ertthd JI Augu81202
4 Towi r•soyrcqgqxpondEd
Charh&ble
Co51
c*$i$
2015
WE4trS
PpD5i
Ern￿￿01$t1
e￿￿9
7l,700
71,7
77,116
2.467
¥214
9214
p￿rtc￿lS
Accoun1￿cy15o5
01￿(prO￿s￿￿aI1e
1A46
292
1,162
Sub6¢rilbr¢
È￿k¢hat
sundry(￿ts
140
140
8&6aT

Stormwater Shepherd9 UK
Notes to the Financlal St8temenls Contlnued
for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
5 Net Incomlng Resources for the Year
This Is slated aller charglng..
2025
2024
Depreciation ol owned assets
292
292
6 Staff costs
The average number of pgrsons employed in the year was 1 12024.. 11
The number ol employees whose employee berielils (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded
£60.000 was 1 12024.. 11
The total employee b&nelils ol the key managamenl personnel were £83,49412024.' £79,582), including
salaries, efflployerfs NalK)nal Insurance conlributSons and pension contributions.
7 Tyustggs Remunerallon & Related Party Tran$a¢tions
During the year, no Trusl&es received any remuneration or other benellls12024.' £nill
8 Independant Examlner'8 Fees
Those are included within Accountancy Fees under Governance Costs as detailed below=
2025
2024
as restated
Indepèndent Examiner's Fees
Fees paid lo the Indepgndenl Examiner in respect ol..
all other setvices not included above
600
2,766
846
835
Total Accountancy fges
1,446
3,601

Stormwatey Shephord$ UK
Notes lo lh8 Flnanclal Statemenls Conllnued
for the Year Endèd 31 Augusl 2025
9 TAnglbla Hxed Ass8ls
Compuler
Equlpment
Cost
As at 1 Septernb&r 2024
Additions
Disposals
As al 31 August 2025
1,459
Depreclallon
As at 1 Seplember 2024
Charge for the year
On disposals
As at 31 August 2025
1,168
1,168
Net Book Valuè
As at 31 August 2025
291
As at 31 August 2024
291
10 Flx8d Assel Invg$tmonts
Invèstments In
8ubsldlary
companles
or valuatlon
As at I SgPt8rnber 2024
100
As al 31 August 2025
100
Net book value
As al 31 August 2025
loo
As 8131 August 2024
100
Principal Svbsldlarle8
The lollowing was a subsidiary u￿ertakIrQ ol Storrnwaler Shepherds UK..
Name
Company
Numbey
Reglslered
Olllce
Holdlng
Storrnwat8r Shapherds Enterprises Lirniled 13290135
Spel Pr￿UC￿, Laneaster Road,
Shrewsbury, SY13NQ
100Yo
Th9 financial resulls ol the subsidiary lor the yea¥ were..
Nam
I￿orne
Expendllure
ProfiVILossl Net Llabllitles
Slormwater Sh9pherds Enterprlses Llmil
8,825
110,5781
13.7531
122,2011

Stomiwèler Shepherds UK
Notes to the Flnanclal Statements Contlnued
for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
11 Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts owed by group undertaklngs
Other debtors
22,104
14,429
3,494
Total
17,923
12 Credltors: Falllng Duo wlthln One Year
2025
2024
Trade creditors
Other laxalion and social security
Pension creditor
Other creditors
Accruals
56
2,484
390
2.244
372
629
2,817
656
Total
6,062
13 Credllors: Falllng Due after more than One Year
2025
2024
Other loans
247,256
247,256
The loan from SPEL in unsecured, interest free and there is no sel repayment dale
14 Analysls of Net Assets Between Funds
Unreslrlcted
Funds
Reslrlcted
Funds
Total
Funds
Tanglble Fixed Assets
Fixod Asset Investments
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
100
22,636
13,586)
{247,256)
100
22,636
(3,5861
1247,2561
Nel Assets al 31 August 2025
228.1061
228,106

Stormwater Shepherds UK
Notes to the Financial Statements Continued
for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
15 Mov9mgnt In funds
Broughl
Forward
In¢omlng
Resources
Resources
Expènded
Transfer8
Inl{oul)
Carrled
Forward
Unreslrlcted Funds
234.456
94,019
87,669
228,106
RestriGted Fund$
Total of Fund8
(234,456)
94,019
87,669
228,106
16 Pension commltments
Slormwater Shepherds UK operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets ol the scherne
are held separately from those ol the charitable company in an independently administered fLJnd. The
pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the charitable company lo the lund and
amounted lo £2,58012024.. £2,467). The amount oulslanding al Ihe year end was £39012024.. £3721.
17 Related party transactions
Al the year end there was a loan owed of £22.10412024.' £14,429) from Siormwater Enterprises Limited,
whioh is a 1000/0 subsidiary ol Slormwaler Shepherds UK.
18 Controlling party
The company is limited by guarantee and controlled by Ihg directors.